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THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2004
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‘Home’
Hawks wii in summer piay
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Travis
Hansen scored 10 of his 15 points
in the fourth quarter and the
Atlanta Hawks used a 9-2 run
over the final 3:40 to capture a
74-67 summer league victory
over the Dallas Mavericks on
Tuesday.
With the win, the Hawks
improved their record to 3-1 in
Rocky Mountain Revue action.
Coach Mike Woodson was
impressed with his club's tough
ness in bouncing back from two
large deficits.
"I thought we failed to execute
properly in the first half, but we
stuck with it, hung tough and
nearly held them scoreless at the
end,' 1 Woodson said.
Hansen scored five of Atlanta's
six points to start the fourth, cut
ting the Mavericks' lead to 59-58.
In front 63-58 at the 5:55 mark,
Dallas scored only four more
points as the Hawks got contribu
tions from Stephane Pelle, Junior
Harrington and Hansen.
Pelle led the Hawks with 16,
while Josh Childress had a dou
ble-double - 13 points and 11
rebounds. Josh Smith, Atlanta's
other first-round draft pick, had 11
points, five rebounds, four assists
and four blocked shots.
Dallas' Josh Howard's 21
points led all scorers and Marquis
Daniels finished with 16.
warriors trade Van Exel
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The
Golden State Warriors traded point
guard Nick Van Exel to the
Portland Trail Blazers for forward
Dale Davis and guard Dan Dickau.
Van Exel was injured for much
of his only season with the
Warriors, who acquired him from
Dallas last summer in a nine-play
er trade involving Antawn Jamison.
He averaged 12.6 points while
playing just 39 games, leaving the
team for good shortly after the All-
Star break with a recurring knee
injury.
Davis, who will make $lO million
next season in the last year of his
contract, averaged 4.4 points and
5.2 rebounds as the physical heart
of Portland's defense last season.
Divac, Lakers ink deal
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -
Vlade Divac signed a two-year
contract with the Los Angeles
Lakers, rejoining his former team
after playing the past six seasons
for the Sacramento Kings.
He will fill the spot left vacant
when Shaquille O'Neal was trad
ed to Miami last week. Brian
Grant, acquired along with Lamar
Odom and Caron Butler in that
deal, will share duties at center.
The 7-foot-1 Divac averaged
9.9 points, 5.7 assists and 5.3
assists for Sacramento last sea
son. He lost significant playing
time when the Kings acquired All-
Star center Brad Miller from
Indiana, and Divac’s scoring aver
age was the lowest of his career.
Snow traded to Cleveland
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Eric
Snow was traded by Philadelphia
to Cleveland for Kevin Ollie and
Kedrick Brown.
Snow spent 6 1/2 seasons with
the 76ers and helped them to the
2001 Eastern Conference champi
onship.
Ostertag to leave Utah
SACRAMENTO. Calif. (AP) -
Center Greg Ostertag signed with
the Sacramento Kings, leaving the
Utah Jazz after nine seasons.
He signed with Sacramento on
the same day center Vlade Divac
left the Kings to rejoin the Los
Angeles Lakers.
Ostertag averaged 5.1 points,
5.9 rebounds and 1.85 blocks dur
ing his career with the Jazz.
Bnns re-sign Samsonov
(AP) - The Boston Bruins re
signed star wing Sergei
Samsonov, and the Calgary
Flames agreed to terms with
Marcus Nilson, locking up one of
their key players from this spring's
playoff run.
Samsonov has played in just
66 games during the past two
seasons because of injuries. But
he picked up 22 goals and 29
assists in that span.
Nilson had 11 goals and 13
assists in 83 games with Florida
and Calgary last season. The
two-way forward finished fourth in
playoff scoring for the Flames
with 11 points in 26 games.
Davis added to British team
LONDON (AP) - American run
ner Malachi Davis was added to
the British Olympic team - two
weeks after receiving his British
passport
Davis was given provisional
spots in the 400 meters and
1,600-meter relay for his adopted
country.
Davis is from Sacramento,
Calif., but his mother was born in
England. He decided to try for a
place on the British team, figuring
he had little chance to make the
American squad for the Aug. 13-
29 Olympics.
R ASEBALL
National League At A Glance
W L Pet GB
Atlanta 49 44 .527 -
Philadelphia 49 44 .527 -
Florida 47 46 .505 2
New York 46 47 .495 3
Montreal 33 60 .355 16
Central Division
W L Pet GB
St. Louis 59 34 .634
Cincinnati 50 44 532 91/2
Chicago 49 44 .527 10
Milwaukee 47 45 .511 11 1/2
Houston 45 48 484 14
Pittsburgh 43 48 473 15
West Division
W L Pet GB
Los Angeles 54 38 .587 -
San Francisco 53 42 558 21/2
San Diego 51 42 .548 31/2
Colorado 38 55 409 161/2
Arizona 31 64 .326 241/2
Today's Games
Montreal (Armas Jr. 1-3) at N.Y. Mets
(Glavine 7-8). 12:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (K.Wells 4-6) at Atlanta (Ru. Ortiz
11-6). 1:05 p.m.
Florida (Pavano 9-4) at Philadelphia (Wolf 4-
5), 1:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Lidle 6-7) at Chicago Cubs
(Maddux 8-7), 2:20 p.m.
Colorado (Cook 4-4) at Los Angeles
(Od.Perez 4-3), 3:10 p.m.
San Diego (D.Wells 5-4) at San Francisco
(Schmidt 12-2), 3:35 p.m.
Houston (Oswalt 8-8) at Arizona (Fossum 2-
8). 6:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Sheets 9-6) at St. Louis
(Marquis 9-4), 8:10 p.m.
American League At A Glance
W L Pet GB
New York 58 34 .630 -
Boston 51 41 .554 7
Tampa Bay 45 48 .484 13 1/2
Baltimore 41 50 .451 16 1/2
Toronto 40 53 430 18 1/2
Central Division
W L Pet GB
Fun while it lasted ...
Braves, Phillies tied again
By PAUL NEWBERRY
AP Sports Writer
ATLANTA - The
Philadelphia Phillies didn't
like the idea of being in second
place.
One night after falling out
of the NL East lead, the
Phillies rallied for their 30th
come-from-behind win of the
season, a 4-3 victory over the
Atlanta Braves in 10 innings
Tuesday night.
The Phillies scored two
unearned runs in the eighth
to tie the game at 3, then went
ahead on Bobby Abreu's RBI
single in the 10th. Billy
Wagner escaped a one-out,
bases-loaded jam in the bot
tom half, retiring Marcus
Giles and J.D. Drew to end the
game.
'We had to win this game,"
Wagner said. "It was a must
win."
With a 4-2 loss on Monday,
Philadelphia fell out of the
division lead for the first time
since June 27. The Braves,
winners of 12 straight division
titles, were poised to stretch
their lead to two games
behind another strong outing
from Jaret Wright.
But the Phillies came from
behind again - they lead the
NL in that category - and
head home tied for the lead.
"This was a game we defi
nitely needed," manager Larry
Bowa said. "It was a two-game
swing.”
In the 10th, Jimmy Rollins
led off with a single against
Antonio Alfonseca (5-4) and
stole second. Chase Utley put
down a bunt in front of the
plate, but catcher Eddie Perez
hobbled the ball to leave run
ners at first and third.
Sam McConnell took over
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W L Pet GB
Minnesota 50 43 .538 -
Chicago 48 42 .533 1/2
Cleveland 46 47 495 4
Detroit 44 49 .473 6
Kansas City 34 57 .374 15
West Division
W L Pet GB
Texas 53 38 582 -
Oakland 51 41 554 21/2
Anaheim 49 44 .527 5
Seattle 35 57 .380 181/2
Today s Games
Baltimore (Lopez 7-6) at Boston (Wakefield
5-6). 1:05 p.m.. Ist game
Toronto (Lilly 7-7) at N.Y. Yankees
(OHemandez 2-0), 1:05 p.m
Kansas City (Gobble 5-7) at Detroit (Knotts
5-4). 1:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Borkowski 1 -1) at Boston (Castillo
0-0), 7:05 p.m., 2nd game
Tampa Bay (Brazelton 2-3) at Minnesota
(Santana 8-6), 1:10 p.m.
Anaheim (Colon 7-8) at Texas
(Ftic.Rodriguez 3-0), 2:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Garcia 7-8) at
Cleveland (Sabathia 5-4). 7:05 p.m.
Oakland (Redman 6-7) at Seattle (R.Franklin
3-8), 10:05 p.m.
Tuesday's Major League Linescores
New York 100 002 001-4 61
Tampa Bay 001 100 000-2 6 0
Contreras, Gordon (8). MRivera (9) and
Posada Zambrano, TreMlller (6), JoSosa
(7), Seay (9), Harper (9) and THall.
W-Contreras 8-3. L-Zambrano 9-6.
Sv-MRivera (34).
Baltimore 233 003 100-12 16 1
Kansas City 100 200 000-3 12 0
Cabrera, Rodriguez (6), Parrish (9) and
Machado Greinke, DReyes (3), Field (7),
Bukvich (9) and ACastillo. W-Cabrera 8-3.
L-Greinke 2-7. HRs-Baltimore, Tejada (17),
KGarcia 2 (2), Bigbie (9), Machado (1).
Cleveland 304 012 031 -14 19 1
Anaheim 000 010 130- 512 3
Westbrook, RiWhite (8) and VMartinez
Washburn, Shields (6), FRodriguez (9) and
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Phillies catcher Mike Lieberthal (24) tags out Atlanta’s
Andruw Jones at home plate in the 10th inning as Jones
tried to score on a Marcus Giles grounder Tuesday at
Turner Field in Atlanta.
for Alfonseca, but Abreu man
aged a single up the middle to
put Philadelphia ahead.
Shortstop Rafael Furcal, play
ing in trying to cut off a run at
the plate, dove for the ball but
only managed to deflect it just
beyond the infield dirt.
’We had to win this game,"
Abreu said. "This is a team
that never gives up. It has a
lot of confidence."
In the bottom half, Wagner
allowed singles to Andruw
Jones and Eli Marrero, Mark
Deßosa bunted them over
and Wagner walked Furcal
intentionally to load the
bases. Wagner fell behind 3-
1 in the count to Giles, then
got a broken-bat grounder to
third, forcing Jones at the
plate.
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SPORTS
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BMolina, Paul (7) W-Westbrook 7-5.
L-Washbum 10-5.
Toronto 000 000 000 000 00-0 3 0
Oakland 000 000 000 000 01-1 8 0
(14 innings)
Bush, Chulk (9), Frasor (10), Adams (11),
Ligtenberg (12), Speler (14) and Cash, Zaun
(12) Harden, Dotel (9), RRincon (12), Lehr
(12) and DMiller W-Lehr 1-1. L-Speier 2-6
Boston 000 800 010-910 0
Seattle 100 102 1 20-7 181
DLowe, Leskanic (6), Timlin (7). JoNelson
(8), Embree (8), Foulke (9) and Mirabelli,
Varitek (9) Pineiro. Sherrill (4), Hasegawa
(7), MMyers (9) and Olivo. W-DLowe 8-9
L-Pineiro 5-11. Sv-Foulke (15).
Minnesota 013 000 0001-5 6 0
Detroit 200 200 000 0-4 10 0
(10 innings)
Lohse. Romero (6). Balfour (7). Nathan (10)
and LeCroy, HBlanco (7) Bonderman. Yan
(7) Urbina (9) and IRodriguez. W-Balfour 4-
1. L-Urbina 3-4. Sv-Nathan (26).
Chicago 000 100 210-4 7 0
Texas 021 100 02x-6 10 0
Garland, MJackson (7), Marie (8), Politte (8)
and SAlomar, BDavis (7) W a s d i n ,
Francisco (7), Almanzar (8), FCordero (9)
and Barajas. W-Almanzar 7-1. L-Marte 3-3.
Sv-FCordero (29).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee 020 000 000-2 6 2
Cincinnati 000 110 22x-6 10 2
DDavis, Burba (8) and Moeller Claussen,
TJones (8), Riedling (9) and Laßue.
W-Claussen 1-0. L-DDavis 9-8.
St. Louis 101 004 113-11 14 0
Chicago 071 000 000- 8 10 0
Morris, Eldred (2), Kline (5), Calero (6), King
(8) Isnnghausen (9) and Matheny. YMolina
(8) Rusch, Beltran (6), Mercker (6),
Farnsworth (7), Hawkins (9) and Barrett.
W-King 3-0. L-Hawkins 2-2.
Sv-lsringhausen (24). HRs-St. Louis, Pujols
3 (27), RSanders (16), Taguchi (2). Chicago,
DeLee (15), ARamirez (16), Barrett (11).
Wagner completely shat
tered Drew's bat on a soft
finer to first base, ending the
game and giving the Phillies
closer his 15th save.
"I'd like to go out 1-2-3 every
time," Wagner said. "But they
did a good job of getting one
back. They put me in a situa
tion where I had to make
pitches. It was fun."
Tim Worrell (3-3) earned
the win with a scoreless ninth.
Giles hit a two-run homer
in the first inning, and Jones
added a solo shot in the sev
enth that pushed the Braves
to a 3-1 lead.
Wright went seven innings,
allowing just four hits and a
run, but could only watch as
the Phillies bounced back in
the eighth.
Montreal 000 100 000-1 10 0
Pittsburgh 200 000 00x-2 4 0
LHemandez and Schneider S B u r n e 11.
Meadows (8). Gonzalez (8), Mesa (9) and
Kendall W-SBumett 4-2. L-LHemandez 6-
10. Sv-Mesa (26).
Florida 600 101 010-9 13 3
New York 034 000 000-7 10 1
Bump, BHoward (3), JManzanillo (6), Koch
(7), Benitez (9) and Redmond. Treanor (9)
Trachsel. JoFranco (6), Wheeler (6),
Bottalico (7), DeJean (9) and VWilson.
W-BHoward 1-1. L-JoFranco 2-6.
Sv-Benitez (32).
Philadelphia 010 000 020 1-4 8 0
Atlanta 200 000 100 0-3 8 2
(10 innings)
Milton. Cormier (8), Worrell (9), BWagner
(10) and Lieberthal JSWright. Reitsma (8),
Smoltz (9), Alfonseca (10), Mcconnell (10),
Gryboski (10) and JEstrada. Edd Perez (10)
W-Worrell 3-3. L-Alfonseca 5-4
Sv-BWagner (15). HRs-Attanta, MGiles (5),
AJones (16)
Los Angeles 001 000 420-7 12 1
Houston 301 000 010-5 9 3
Weaver, TMartin (7), Dreifort (7), Mota (8),
Gagne (8) and Lo Duca PMunro. Weathers
(7), Gallo (7), Harville (7), Bullinger (9) and
Ausmus, RChavez (9). W-Weaver 7-9.
L-Weathers 6-5. Sv-Gagne (27). HRs-Los
Angeles, Beltre (25).
San Diego 142 002 000-916 1
Colorado 003 001 300-7 14 0
Eaton, Beck (6), Stone (7), Linebrink (7),
Otsuka (8), Hoffman (9) and Ojeda
JJennings, Simpson (7), Harikkala (8) and
TGreene. W-Eaton 5-8. L-JJennings 8-8.
Sv-Hoffman (25). HRs-San Diego. Klesko
(4), KGreene (5). Colorado, Bumitz (22).
San Francisco 120 000 000-3 9 2
Arizona 000 000 010-1 7 1
JeWilliams, Eyre (8), Brower (8), Herges (9),
Christiansen (9) and Torrealba RJohnson,
Fetters (8), Aquino (9) and Brito.
W-JeWilliams 9-6. L-RJohnson 10-8.
MONCRIEF
From page 1B
My wife was there. My
daughter was there. Two
children who just hap
pened to show up with
their father were there
(but not intentionally as
part of the contest -1 know
because I asked).
Where were you?
I’d say it’s pretty bad
when rec personnel have to
practically beg bystanders
to be a part of the dais sim
ply to avoid embarrass
ment. “Sorry,” which
would have been directed
to wildlife experts who had
brought some animals for
the children to learn about,
“but nobody showed up.”
Implore is exactly what
they had to do,however.
That’s not a reflection on
them. They work hard. I’ve
seen it firsthand many
times.
But all they can do is set
things up. If nobody shows
their pretty little face,
that’s a reflection on the
community.
As if fate had intended it,
I just happened to take a
trip to Unadilla this past
week. As I entered the city
limits, I passed their wel
come sign. It read: “Home
of the Dooly County
Recreation Department.”
Not “home of the Dooly
County football team.” Not
“home of the Dooly County
cow chip tossing team.”
Home of the “Dooly
County Recreation
Department.”
Now that’s a community
that takes pride in the peo
ple who can and do have a
big influence on our chil
dren’s future.
And the people of Perry -
and Warner Robins - have
no less reason to brag
about theirs/ours.
I know you have your
children involved in foot
ball. Believe me I know you
have your children
involved in football. (See
phone call above.) I know
they’re in the baseball pro
gram. I know they’re
involved in soccer and ten
nis and so forth and so on
(typically one of those,
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Women's National Basketball
Association At A Glance
W L Pet GB
Indiana 12 10 .545 -
Connecticut 11 11 .500 1
New York 11 11 500 1
Charlotte 10 10 500 1
Detroit 10 11 476 1 1/2
Washington 9 11 450 2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pet GB
Los Angeles 15 7 682 -
Seattle 13 7 .650 1
Minnesota 12 9 .571 21/2
Sacramento 10 11 .476 41/2
Houston 10 12 455 5
Phoenix 8 12 .400 6
San Antonio 6 15 286 81/2
OCCER
Major League Soccer At A Glance
W L T Pts GF GA
Metro Stars 6 6 523 29 32
DC. United 5 6 621 23 23
Columbus 5 5 520 16 1 7
Chicago 4 6 719 18 20
New England 4 8 517 20 26
Western Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
Los Angeles 9 5 532 33 26
Kansas City 9 4 431 25 14
Colorado 5 5 722 14 .17
Dallas 5 6 520 17 22
San Jose 5 6 520 26 24
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for
tie
Saturday s Games
Columbus at Colorado, 5 p.m.
Chicago at Metro Stars. 7:30 p.m.
D.C. United at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
New England at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
In an age, where
everyone and
everything is
subject to
cutbacks, is that
enough? Or, do we
want to ensure
these programs
are available to
our children's
children?
maybe two but definitely
not all).
But, for whatever rea
son, it appears that’s going
to be the extent of your
support. In an age where
everyone and everything is
subject to cutbacks, is that
enough? Or, do we want to
ensure these programs are
available to our children’s
children?
I’m sure Perry
Recreation Department
Director Rick Kilgore had
better things to do on his
Saturday than sit in the
hot sun. He had the grill
fired up. Drinks were
chilled. All he needed was
you.
Where were you?
The good news is he said
he’s going to have another
fishing rodeo sometime
before school starts back
up, so there is still time to
make it up to him (them -
the organization).
Or, perhaps when you’re
on your death bed, you’ll
get this phone call.
“Hello?” "Yes, this is
Rick Kilgore from the
Perry Recreation
Department. Sorry to hear
about your illness, but did
you know they say the sim
ple act of drowning a few
worms in some water can
actually add years to your
life?”
“Maybe if you had come
out... well, where were you
anyway?”
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